# Accident 19791026029139A: Piper PA25260, Hadleye, TX, October 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Hadleye, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N8576L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8576L-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-260 (registry code 7102508, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25260
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,501 total, 500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FPD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791026029139A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PROP BOLTS LOOSENED IN FLIGHT. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON ROAD. WING HIT TELEPHONE POST.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80FPD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD03), Oct 26, 1979: Piper PA-25 (N8576L), Abilene, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8576L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830905051699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830905051699A), Sep 5, 1983: Piper PA25260 (N8576L), Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, Destroyed. Landed on a farm out of fuel. Refueled and struck a tree on takeoff. Airplane tumbled down a 250 foot cliff.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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